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SA cult murders featured in first Showmax true crime series Devilsdorp

Showmax’s first Original true-crime docu-series, titled Devilsdorp, will look at a series of cult murders that took place in South Africa between 2012 and…

Showmax Pro will stream 2021 Olympic Games

Showmax has announced its Pro subscribers will get to watch and enjoy the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games on the streaming service. The service announced…

Where to watch the Friends reunion special in South Africa

Grab your five best mates and plonk yourself on the couch, The Friends reunion special will be available to watch in South Africa. Multichoice announced…

Showmax reduces price for mobile streaming plan

Showmax has announced that it has reduced the price for its mobile streaming subscription plan by an average of 20% across Africa. The price…

Online subscriptions surged during pandemic – FNB

FNB revealed South Africans are doubling down on online spending on home deliveries, as well as music and video streaming subscriptions. This is according…

Tips and tricks: How to save money on your streaming bill

We live in a streaming world where your favourite movies and TV shows can be watched from the comfort of your couch. And there…

Skemerdans: Cape Flats neo-noir murder mystery gets first trailer

The first trailer for Showmax Original Skemerdans has been released, giving audiences a peek at the South African series that follows a neo-noir mystery…

Live news channels leave Showmax

Showmax has announced that live news has left the streaming service, with the last day for news streaming ending on 30 June. Showmax subscribers…

‘Hobbs & Shaw’ makes its way to Showmax to complete the ‘Fast’ franchise

Can you name all the Fast & Furious movies? If you can, wow, you’ve been self isolating long before he pandemic it seems. If…

You’ll have to wait for the rest of Rick and Morty’s fourth season

Itching for the rest of Rick and Morty’s fourth season? You have a pretty long time to wait. Showmax on Wednesday announced that the…

You can now stream these 7 news channels live on Showmax

You can now watch seven news channels from around the world live on Showmax, the streaming company announced on Thursday. Just hours ahead of…

How hot is local streaming content? Showmax gives us the facts and figures

To honour the success of Somizi & Mohale: The Union on Showmax, the company on Thursday revealed a host of interesting facts about the…

SA binged over 100 years’ of video on Showmax this festive season

What’s more common than mass indulgence of foodstuffs over the festive season? Mass indulgence of series and movies, of course. Showmax released its 2019/20…

Meet Showmax Mobile: a R49pm mobile-only streaming service for Africa

Understanding the challenges of the African data landscape, Showmax on Friday announced the debut of a new low-cost mobile-only streaming plan called Showmax Mobile….

5 things we learned from ‘Rick and Morty’s creators ahead of season 4

With the season four premiere of Rick and Morty now exclusively available for South Africans to stream on Showmax, here are the top five…

Joburg-based comedy ‘Woke in Progress’ is Showmax’s next original series

After the success of Tali’s Wedding Diary and The Girl From St Agnes, Showmax on Tuesday revealed its next original series. Titled Woke in Progress, the comedy series will…

10 shows to binge on Netflix South Africa and Showmax in September

New month, new list of content coming to Netflix South Africa and Showmax. Because choosing is an impossible task, we’ve rounded up ten shows…

What to watch on Netflix and Showmax in South Africa in August

New month, new shows, seasons and movies to stream on Showmax and Netflix. But what is there to watch exactly? We’ve done all the…

Showmax rolls out new sports streaming feature to all customers

Showmax on Friday announced that it has expanded its new live sport streaming feature to all customers, after testing was confirmed earlier this week….

Showmax is now streaming live sport, including the Cricket World Cup

Showmax is testing live sport streaming in South Africa in a limited test, first spotted by MyBroadband on Monday. When logging in to the…

10 big stories from February 2019 worth reading again

It’s come an gone in the blink of an eye, almost as if it’s the shortest month of the year. (Get it?). February, for…

Trippin With Skhumba’s shining comedy is plagued by dim filming, dull editing

Showmax mentions in marketing material that its third Original Trippin With Skhumba would be a travel-comedy hybrid, but I’m not totally sure if it…

Showmax and AFDA team up to release local student films

Showmax and South African school for film and arts AFDA, have revealed a new deal that will give local film makers the opportunity to…

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